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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Another horror movie that doesn’t call itself horror
HITCH-HIKE
A standout entry in the filmography of David Hess
CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC
“A gay boy’s acid trip,” and an impossible to forget musical fiasco!
PRIME CUT
Quirky 1970s depravity with Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman and Sissy Spacek
STARMAN
Sci fi romance from John Carpenter
SHELLA
Any post-1990 work claiming to “revitalize the hard-boiled tradition” can be dismissed, as, quite simply, SHELLA is the state of the art in neo-noir
GHOST DOLL
The book isn’t much, but has a haunting resonance
OUR TWISTED HERO
An uncompromising account of bullying and conformity in a Korean school, a novel that favorably recalls LORD OF THE FLIES
THE OMEGA PROJECT
This paperback original is not one of the rapture fiction genre’s better entries
BLASTED
This 1995 play will be probably be viewed as beyond the pale nowadays, but the skill with which it was put together is undeniable
HORRIPILATIONS: THE ART OF J. K. POTTER
HORRIPILATIONS was the first-ever book devoted to the surreal art of J. K. Potter, and if you ask me it was long overdue
HOLLYWOOD MONSTER
I’ll confess I wasn’t expecting much from this memoir by actor Robert Englund, a.k.a. Freddy Krueger, yet I wound up pleasantly surprised by this fun little book
HIP POCKET SLEAZE
The vintage adult paperback community is a small one to be sure, but for those of us who are into such things John Harrison’s HIP POCKET SLEAZE is an essential acquisition
HAUNTED HEART
A decent but ultimately superfluous biography of the one and only Stephen King
H.R. GIGER’S NECRONOMICON
One of several large format hardcovers covering H.R. Giger, the Swiss surrealist whose paintings have irrevocably changed the course of fantastic art
Remembering Rick Sullivan and GORE GAZETTE
About Rick Sullivan (June 9, 1955 – December 18, 2017), a pivotal figure in the horror world
Remembering That Which is Better Forgotten: HOT DOG…THE MOVIE and HAMBURGER: THE MOTION PICTURE
HOT DOG…THE MOVIE and HAMBURGER: THE MOTION PICTURE are two not-very-distinguished products of the “raunch-com” cycle of ANIMAL HOUSE and PORKY’S inspired sex comedies
Jack Ketchum: 1946-2018
This one hurt. Certainly there have been a lot of famous people deaths that have affected me, but this one impacted me especially
2017: Bedlam in Print
Assembling a best-books-of-the-year list is always a dicey proposition. Quite simply, nobody can be expected to track down and read every worthwhile book printed over the course of the previous year…
2017: The Year in Bedlam
What follows is the latest installment of the Year in Bedlam overview of the previous year’s best and worst movies, according to yours-truly